MJM Publications

I will be here, in the park across from the Circle K gas station, selling my 8 copies of Sounds of a Cricket. For those buying, I will also include an audio CD of me reading my poems.

  I have a book for sale on Amazon @  https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1999442601  for $11.95. I think this is reasonable, but when Amazon adds their shipping costs, it becomes costly.  In order to save my customers money, I have been looking for a Print On Demand service in Calgary.   I have contacted several companies here for estimates, and have recieved back per copy prices ranging from $16-$29. What!? I cannot sell my little paperback book for those prices.    KDP's price for authors copies including shipping is $6.50/copy.   I recieved one quote that was below this price, but unfortunately, the minimum run I could do is 100 copies. I might be able to sell 100, but at this point I can't pay for them.   Maybe I should go to Staples and investigate building my own books. :) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mjmauthor Blog: https://mjmpublishing.blogspot.com instagram @michael.mathison2

7/31/2019 Dear Mr. Mathison, When my mum first gave me this book I thought it would be just another boring book. After I  read it I imediatly took my words back. I don't really enjoy poetry but I decided to read it because, well why not. If I do ever decide to read poetry I always choose some of Erin Hanson's works but I also love the poetry that you have included in this book. When I read the first few pages I imediately fell in love. You could almost feel what the author was feeling while writing this and to me that's what all that poetry is about. I also enjoyed how when you first read this you think that its a poem and it's well.. . deep. But then when you are on reading the poems you see that they're all connected in a way, like   the roots of a tree. First you think of the poems as though they are individuals. But they all join together to make a story full of emotion. That's what I love about poems and that's what I found i...

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Hello,   Thank you for coming back.   "Sounds of a Cricket" is up, and for sale at www.amazon.ca/dp/1999442601, in both paperback and ebook versions.     My final, final ebook version is done, and I'll be uploading that soon. In this version, I've gone through and eliminated a bunch of formatting code, using CSS. That should make the download smaller.   I am 5 short stories away from having "I'll Try Anything Once" fully edited. After that, the read through to see if it sounds as good as it reads.    As I said before, "Sounds of a Cricket" is out, but the sales are lagging. Now I have to teach myself how to market my book. 😣

Finally, It's for sale. 32 poems. Pages and instructions to create your own. A built-in bookmark to keep your page. Ebook coming soon. Get your copy for Christmas . https://www.amazon.com/dp/1999442601

  Finally, after many hours of trying, hair pulling, and retrying, I passed over the preview hurtle.   I might have done so sooner if technology had performed as promised.   For example, my first draft of this blog failed to save, so I refuse to write it all out again.  Sufficient to say, I created some work arounds, and "Sounds of a Cricket" is ready for the presses. YIPPEE!   I'm sending off for a proof copy as we speak.   Very soon, all you sweet blog readers will be able to order your very own copy as well.

FUSTRATION Hi.    I decided to investigate moving this blog to WordPress. I'm setting up the new page with the assistance of a YouTube step by step video.    The format for WordPress in the video is different than the format I'm looking at, so I am wasting time figuring out which section he is talking about. All the while imI thinking I should be editing "I'll Try Anything Once", or wishing he would get to something relevant.    Oh well, back at it.

Today I picked up 2 fantastic books by Kim Staflund. How to Publish a Book in Canada...and Sell Enough Copies to Make a Profit!, and How to Publish a Bestselling Book...and Sell it WORLDWIDE Based on Value, Not Price!    You can get your copy to here. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/choose-one-free-book-for-a-chance-to-win-100000-in-calgary-registration-45707894543?aff=erelexpmlt

Just came back from a 'working' camping trip with 2 of my favourite artists. I read four of my short stories to them and found some parts that need a minor re-write.

Love, joy, confusion, adventure, depression, isolation. These are the sounds of a cricket. Come find his wonder in life with Always Magic. Feel his longing with If You Leave My Pond. Explore his confusion in relationships with The Fine Art of Taming Kittens. View history with I Remember and Red Devil/White Devil. Each chapter of Sounds of a 'Cricket’ is divided by age so you can follow his styles through the years from 15 to 22. Whatever your age, I am sure you can relate to the moods and feelings reflected in these pages.

   I am working in both Scribus and Word to make my book look professional.    My book of poems is divided by age. I think it would be cool to add pictures of me at that age. At 15  At 16  At 17  At 18